Anton Hüller

[pjv]

Theoretically this belongs in the For Sale section. I put it here for the historical tuba buffs out there.
(I don't know the seller and know nothing about these instruments.)
They're listed as wall-hangers.

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[Heavy_Metal]

The big rotary looks very interesting- it was made in Graslitz. Possibly some connection to present-day Cerveny?

[imperialbari]

The Hüller tuba is pre-1920, when the band pitch was lowered to A=440Hz. That can be seen from the extra loop in the main tuning slide.

If the Hüller family like most Germans was thrown out of Czechoslovakia right after WWII, their company might have become part of the then new state conglomerate Amati, which to my knowledge only used one of the original company brands, namely the most famous of these, Cerveny.

There are several Hüller instruments presented in my brass gallery.

Klaus

[Steve Marcus]

Just as there is more than one brass instrument builder under the name of Meinl, is Anton Hüller the same builder as F.X. Hüller?

Consider the following:

Uwe F.X.HÜLLER.jpg

Its owner describes it:

Monster Bass in BBb "WORLD" FRANZ XAVER HULLER & Co. GRASLITZ CSR
Bell 24"/61cm with german silver plated wreath, height ca. 124cm/48.5"
bore 21.5mm/.845", 4 rotary valves. Material: Brass / german silver.
Built in CSR between 1920 and 1938

Has anyone besides its owner seen and/or played one of these? Comments? Would this have been a custom horn or is there more than one of these in existence?

[Heavy_Metal]

Just as there is more than one brass instrument builder under the name of Meinl, is Anton Hüller the same builder as F.X. Hüller?

Consider the following:

Uwe F.X.HÜLLER.jpg

Its owner describes it:

Monster Bass in BBb "WORLD" FRANZ XAVER HULLER & Co. GRASLITZ CSR
Bell 24"/61cm with german silver plated wreath, height ca. 124cm/48.5"
bore 21.5mm/.845", 4 rotary valves. Material: Brass / german silver.
Built in CSR between 1920 and 1938

Has anyone besides its owner seen and/or played one of these? Comments? Would this have been a custom horn or is there more than one of these in existence?

Now THAT'S a B.A. !!

[groovlow]

FRANZ XAVER HULLER & Co. GRASLITZ CSR
I think this horn was made in Elkhart
the bell profile looks like a 25J

[Heliconer]

Can anybody pick these up for me?

Love that Big ol' Horn, really wish it was a lot closer!